Jesse Got Trapped in a Coal Mine

Jesse got trapped in a coal mine Diggin' in the dark black Earth Jesse got trapped in a coal mine Never did marry his girl There ain't no where and there ain't no light And there ain't no way to make it out alive His wedding was planned for the fifth of July But Jesse got trapped in a coal mine Never did marry his girl Your hands get black And your eyes get burned And your lungs get tired and poor It draws you in like an opium den And beckons you back for more There ain't no where and there ain't no light And there ain't no way to make it out alive His wedding was planned for the fifth of July But Jesse got trapped in a coal mine Never did marry his girl Down, down under West Virginia Down, down in the pitch black Earth Down, down underneath, she cried "My love is somewhere in that mountain" Jesse got trapped in a coal mine Diggin' in the dark black Earth Jesse got trapped in a coal mine Never did marry his girl She held out hope for a couple of months That he was still livin' somewhere He put up the strongest kind of fight He'd dig himself out with the dynamite He'd finally be free on the fifth of July But Jesse got trapped in a coal mine Never did marry his girl Down, down under West Virginia Down, down in the pitch black Earth Down, down on her knees, she cried Down, down deep below the surface Down, down by the Mason Dixie line Down, down on her knees, she cried "My love is somewhere in that mountain"